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Jean Arthur (October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991) was an American actress.

Born Gladys Georgianna Greene in Plattsburgh, New York, she became one of Hollywood's favorite screen comediennes.

Career

Arthur debuted in the silent film Cameo Kirby in 1923, and made a few silent movies, although it was her distinctive nasal voice which eventually made her a star in the talkies. She was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1929.

In 1935 she starred opposite Edward G. Robinson in the gangster farce The Whole Town's Talking, and her popularity began to rise.

It was her role opposite Gary Cooper in 1936 in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
that made her a star. She continued her fame by starring in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
in 1939, 1941's The Talk of the Town
, and again in 1943 in The More the Merrier
, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

She also was considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
.

Retirement

Never particularly happy being a famous or a film star, Arthur retired when her contract with Columbia Pictures expired in 1944.

She turned down virtually all film offers, the two exceptions being 1948's A Foreign Affair and the Western classic Shane in 1953. In the years between these films, Arthur scored a major triumph on Broadway starring in a stage revival of Peter Pan playing the Eternal Boy when she was almost fifty.

She had missed out on another triumph a few years before when she was cast in the lead of the play Born Yesterday
but her nerves and insecurity got the better of her and she left the production before it reached Broadway, opening the door for Judy Holliday to take the part.

After retiring, she taught drama at Vassar College. She also returned to acting, albeit briefly, in a short-lived comedy, The Jean Arthur Show, on CBS in the 1966-67 season.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6331 Hollywood Blvd.

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